Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Ellen McIlwaine Love and Devotion Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play We the People
Matt* Lucas I'm Movin' On The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Unleash the Horses Boys Ukrainian Pops
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Handzya Ukrainian Pops
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Time After Time And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine Money Can't Save You Ellen McIlwaine
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Halya Несе Галя Воду Ukrainian Pops
Albert Jones* You and Your Love The Facts of Life
Albert Jones* You Just Can't Turn Me Loose The Facts of Life
Doc Holiday* Canadian State of Mind Canadian State of Mind b/w Canadian State of Mind
Ellen McIlwaine Hang On to a Dream Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine The Letter Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune We the People
Nelson* Riddle Vancouver Nights British Columbia Suite
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Hard Hard Times Shirley Lewis Show Band
Ernie* Smith Top Rankin Skankin To Behold Jah
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Hopak Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Aarons And Ackley* Five O'Clock You And I
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Halya Carries the Water Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Wedding March Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song) Everybody Needs It
Oscar* McLollie Love Will Get You ST
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Zambonis* The Greatest Season To Bleed Black and Gold
Matt* Lucas Drunkard's Dream Matt Gets Blue
Ellen McIlwaine Cure My Blues Everybody Needs It
Buddy Knox C'mon Baby ST (mono)
Oscar* McLollie Blues in Nova Scotia (Oscar McLollie) ST
Priscilla* Rollins Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Green Power Love Serenade
Happy Dolls Bombie Show Album No. 1
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Nelson* Riddle Valley of the Swans British Columbia Suite
Buddy Knox Maybelline ST
Tony McManus Inveran - The Devil in the Kitchen - Locheil's Away to France The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Low Skareggae
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Polissian Polka 'Mazury' Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Kozak Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra And I Love Her And I Love Her
Cal* Bostic Longing for You (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Zambonis* Let's Go Whalers To Bleed Black and Gold
Jack Holland I'll Pick Her Up The Eyes of a Dreamer
Buddy Knox Don't Make Me Cry ST
Sidewinders Gift to the Sun Flatfoot Hustlin'
David Amram Summer Nights, Winter Rain Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Bohemian I'm a Song
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Theme For the Countless And I Love Her
Albert Jones* You Stole My Love The Facts of Life
Cal* Bostic Georgie Girl Introducing...
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Street Girl Love Serenade
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Love Serenade Love Serenade
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Moolit Night Ніч Яка Місячна Ukrainian Pops
Nelson* Riddle Garibaldi Mountain British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine Steal Him Away Ellen McIlwaine
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Can't Eat Shirley Lewis Show Band
Nelson* Riddle The Caribou British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Honky Tonk Angel
Joe* Glazer We Shall Not Be Moved A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Honky Tonk Angel
Aarons And Ackley* Sleeping Gypsy ST
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Honky Tonk Angel
Priscilla* Rollins Feel So Good Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Nelson* Riddle Government House British Columbia Suite
Sidewinders I Like to Dance Flatfoot Hustlin'
Loni Gamble Nightime Kind of Love ST
Jack Holland Roasalie The Eyes of a Dreamer
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* O Moon Do Not Shine Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Bow'd Up Fear Itself
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Stormy Weather Amist the Black Eyes
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ernie* Smith Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh Skareggae
Zambonis* Haunted Hockey Rink To Bleed Black and Gold
Joe* Glazer Solidarity Forever A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
David Amram Greasy Spoon Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Sidewinders A Voyage Flatfoot Hustlin'
Ellen McIlwaine We the People We the People
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River We the People
Ursa Major* Stage Door Queen ST
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm Gonna Love You Baby I'm a Song
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold (demo) To Bleed Black and Gold
Ellen McIlwaine Regretting Blues Everybody Needs It
Exponians The Look of Love Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Nelson* Riddle Moving Ahead British Columbia Suite
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Theme from Canada Love Serenade
Loni Gamble It's You ST
Loni Gamble Could it be Love ST
Happy Dolls Pick Up the Pieces Show Album No. 1
Priscilla* Rollins There Goes My Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Buddy Knox I'm In Love With You ST
Cal* Bostic Somewhere My Love Introducing...
Aarons And Ackley* You And I You And I
Jonathan Edwards How About You Sailboat
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Kolomayka Ukrainian Pops
Aarons And Ackley* There Is A Lady ST
Sidewinders Time For Loving Flatfoot Hustlin'
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains Ukrainian Pops
Matt* Lucas New Orleans Woman Matt Gets Blue
Exponians Yellow Bird Wicked Woman My Peaceful World

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

San Diego, California, USA - Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (1)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (1)

War War War

Amist the Black Eyes

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 02

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 01

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